Award-winning Ordinary Elephant to appear at Society Hall

Husband and wife duo Crystal and Pete Damore are Ordinary Elephant, appearing in concert on Friday at Society Hall in Alamosa.

ALAMOSA — Society Hall at 400 Ross Avenue in Alamosa is excited to present I.F.M.A. 2017 Artist of the Year Ordinary Elephant in concert Friday, October 5th at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance, or $20 at the door, and are available online at www.societyhall.org, or in Alamosa at the Green Spot at 711 State Ave.

International Folk Music Awards 2017 Artist of the Year Ordinary Elephant captivates listeners with their well-honed combination of insightful writing, effortless harmonies and intertwined clawhammer banjo and guitar. Husband and wife duo Crystal and Pete Damore have been performing together since 2011, but their 2017 sophomore release ‘Before I Go’ established them nationally and internationally. Quickly receiving the support of the folk community, the album reached No. 2 on the Folk DJ Chart for January 2017 with their opening track ‘Best of You,’ not only setting the tone of the record, but capturing the No. 3 Song of the Month slot. Crystal and Pete have lived the song’s message—being moved to create, perform, and put everything into what they do.

‘Before I Go’ is also exciting European ears. Upon his review of the album, Dani Heyvaert of Rootstime.be said “I remember when Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were here for the first time…I suspect that this couple is going to play in the same league in the foreseeable future.”

This collaboration of husband and wife, their connection, and their influences (such as Guy Clark, Anais Mitchell, Darrell Scott, and Mary Gauthier) all meet on stage. You see it, hear it, and then you find yourself truly feeling it. Pete’s understated, melodic and mellow banjo weaves through Crystal’s steady and clean rhythm guitar, and poetic lyrics are purposefully delivered in rich harmony, “like their voices were made to go together and we’d all feel deprived if for some reason they chose not to sing together.” (Bill Aspinwall, Texas Music Journal)

The board of Society Hall, a 501c-3 non-profit organization, invites you to another great musical evening with Ordinary Elephant, Friday, October 5th at 7:30 p.m. Society Hall – Where Community Celebrates!